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Had this old motor given to me. Wrestled it up onto the motor stand after it had laid outside for a few years, evicted a rat and thought I'd see what it's status was. Primed both cylinders, wrapped a rope around the flywheel, gave it a pull and lo and behold it fired and wanted to run. I was all...

Re: Floor re-build question I used the high density, 2 part foam in a boat where I replaced the deck. I liked the way the deck in my other boat, A '64 MFG had an all fiberglass/no wood floor so I filled it with foam and glassed right over it. I first tried to do it in one pour with bad results...

Re: Where do dead boats go? What part was funny?

Re: need oboslete paint match On my MFG I used an oil based Acrylic Enamel from the local Auto paint store matched to a chip from under the bow. That was for painting the interior. If your talking about topsides, Have you first tried to buff out the old Gelcoat? My original Gelcoat buffed up...

I'm refinishing the inside of my 1964 MFG. I have sanded the sides and believe the turquoise colored finish on the sides was paint and not gelcoat. It sanded off very easily. For ease I want to repaint the sides the original color possibly a 1 part polyurethane. The deck however, I...

Hello, like the title says I'm having ignition problems with my Mercury 1997 25HP, no spark one one cylinder. I have swapped coils and confirmed the problem is not the coil. First, the parts diagram for this motor shows a "Switch box". The ISSUU - CDI Electronics Practical Outboard Ignition...

Re: Any Suggestions for building a 55 gallon drum COMBO Test-Tank/Motor Stand? Here's what I use.

Motor sometimes runs hot even though peeing strong so I want to check thermostat. I have all the bolts out but the cover is stuck on pretty good. My first guess is to pry it off by gently tapping in several screw drivers between the cover and cylinder head assembly until it pops. Is that the...

Re: Removing topcoat 1957 CrownLine Thanks for the reply, I will try the aircraft type stripper. My Plan, well, your right, the base is full of tiny cracks. I figure to use a 2 part epoxy primer with sanding and second coating or filler of some sort but for the finish coat I have an idea that...

I want to repaint my old CrownLine runabout. It currently has a topcoat of questionable material that is flaking off. I have removed most of it by the method that worked best, a flat razor. What's left will take forever using a razor. Paint remover doesn't work very well either. I don't want...

Still tweaking this motor, I have a T fitting on the hose that leads to the water indicator pee hole. The hose that comes off the bottom of the T went nowhere but sprayed water so I capped it off. I don't know what this hose was for. I suspect a PO rigged it for some reason. If this is...

I went to change the gear oil on my 1987 Johnson 30HP. I should have done this when I first got it, but I didn't. After running it several hours I decided not to push my luck. When I removed both plugs nothing came out. When I began pumping new gear oil in on the second pump a blob of brown oil...

Re: Dunns Creek, Florida - Info? Well today, Sept 27 was our excursion to Dunns Creek and it was great. The creek was as nice as I expected. No Manatee zones. We got to the St. Johns River and I considered heading down to Welaka but the weather was changing. Wind was picking up, (weather said...

Re: 14' Larivee restore What a great little boat. I love the Lapstrake. I had a similar project and did some of the things you mentioned, bench seats and poured in foam. I used high density foam and glassed directly on top of the foam. I also removed the boxes that served as seats and...

Re: 1988 johnson 30hp running lean or rich wont go full throttle This is my 30HP Johnson J30ELCUB Yours has a brass screw adjustment behind the linkage Your idle adjustment screw is not in the photo, did you have it in when running?

Just wondering... IF a 9.9 and 15 HP Johnson are basically the same motor, save that the 9.9 is de-tuned, THEN assuming that prop, gears and timing are all the same, is running a 9.9 at WOT no harder on the motor than running the 15 backed off proportionally (running at same RPM)...

Re: Dunns Creek, Florida - Info? Funny you should mention it. This photo is from last years excursion by land. We were sitting at the outside deck, (is it blackwater Inn or something like that?) and saw this rainbow on the other side of the river.

I just picked up a Johnson 9.9 motor, J10RCCD that I need to go over before I can use it. One problem is that the throttle cable does not move when I twist the grip. I assume it is frozen or jammed. Finding the parts diagram is no problem but I am stuck on how to disassemble it without...

I'm planning a little excursion for my wife and I. I'd like to see Cresent lake from the water side as well as the St. Johns river. Dunns creek which connects the two looks like a very nice ride. I'm wondering, Are there No Wake/ Sea Slug, er I mean Manatee zones on Dunns creek? What is the...

This weekend was my shakedown cruise for my 1968 Shell Lake / Lund 15' Tri Hull Here's the sales brochure from 1968 ---> File:Shelllakeb68016.jpg - Classic Boat Library Bought the boat last year in my search for a lightweight, stable boat to take to the Florida Keys. Had to find a motor first...